Hootsuite SDK Patterns

Overview

Production patterns for Hootsuite REST API: typed client, token management, scheduling helpers, and Python integration.

Instructions

Step 1: Typed API Client

// src/hootsuite/types.ts
interface SocialProfile {
  id: string;
  type: 'TWITTER' | 'FACEBOOK' | 'INSTAGRAM' | 'LINKEDIN' | 'PINTEREST' | 'YOUTUBE' | 'TIKTOK';
  socialNetworkUsername: string;
  socialNetworkId: string;
}

interface ScheduledMessage {
  id: string;
  text: string;
  state: 'SCHEDULED' | 'SENT' | 'FAILED' | 'REJECTED';
  socialProfileIds: string[];
  scheduledSendTime: string;
  sentAt?: string;
  mediaUrls?: Array<{ id: string }>;
}

interface HootsuiteResponse<T> {
  data: T;
}

Step 2: Scheduling Helper with Timezone

function scheduleForTimezone(
  hour: number,
  minute: number,
  timezone: string,
  daysFromNow = 0
): Date {
  const date = new Date();
  date.setDate(date.getDate() + daysFromNow);
  const dateStr = date.toISOString().split('T')[0];
  const timeStr = `${hour.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${minute.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:00`;
  return new Date(`${dateStr}T${timeStr}`);
}

// Schedule posts at optimal times per platform
const OPTIMAL_TIMES = {
  TWITTER: { hour: 9, minute: 0 },
  INSTAGRAM: { hour: 11, minute: 0 },
  LINKEDIN: { hour: 7, minute: 30 },
  FACEBOOK: { hour: 13, minute: 0 },
};

Step 3: Python Client

# hootsuite/client.py
import os, requests, time
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

class HootsuiteClient:
    BASE = 'https://platform.hootsuite.com/v1'

    def __init__(self):
        self.token = os.environ['HOOTSUITE_ACCESS_TOKEN']
        self.headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {self.token}', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}

    def get_profiles(self):
        r = requests.get(f'{self.BASE}/socialProfiles', headers=self.headers)
        r.raise_for_status()
        return r.json()['data']

    def schedule_message(self, profile_ids, text, scheduled_time):
        r = requests.post(f'{self.BASE}/messages', headers=self.headers, json={
            'text': text,
            'socialProfileIds': profile_ids,
            'scheduledSendTime': scheduled_time.isoformat(),
        })
        r.raise_for_status()
        return r.json()['data']

Step 4: Cross-Platform Post Formatter

function formatPost(text: string, platform: string): string {
  const limits: Record<string, number> = {
    TWITTER: 280, FACEBOOK: 63206, INSTAGRAM: 2200, LINKEDIN: 3000, TIKTOK: 2200,
  };
  const limit = limits[platform] || 2200;
  return text.length > limit ? text.substring(0, limit - 3) + '...' : text;
}

Output

Typed API client with token refresh
Timezone-aware scheduling helpers
Python client class
Cross-platform post formatting

Prerequisites

A typed client boundary, secret-manager reference, environment/profile allowlist, and a draft-only sandbox account.
Approval/audience schema, idempotency convention, and policy that unknown profile, audience, or response state fails closed.

Error Handling

Classify authentication, authorization, validation, quota, approval, audience, and terminal-schedule errors separately. Do not retry a create/publish mutation without idempotency, broaden account scope, or log copy/media to diagnose failure.

Examples

sdk=v3; env=sandbox; profile=brand-draft; audience=r4; operation=draft-create; state=pending-approval; public_posts=0; rollback=not-needed is a safe SDK receipt.

Resources

Next Steps

Apply patterns in hootsuite-core-workflow-a for publishing.

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